In the command hall, Candy sat in the back row of the viewing area with her brother. To accommodate Candy, the little one, a special seat was installed to give a better view.

Even though she was a little girl, sitting on the chair made her head level with Mo Jingchun’s.

At this moment, Candy looked at Zero who was commanding everyone from the front, her eyes full of admiration. Zero looked really impressive at this moment.

Mo Jingchun watched the scene before him with mixed emotions, as it overlapped with a memory from a few years ago.

That year, he also brought Candy to sit in the back row of the viewing area, but back then his teacher was still healthy and by his side.

"Brother... Zero..."

"Shh!"

On the hillside at a safe distance from the launch center, Cui Mengbo, a travel vlogger, was utterly thrilled.

He definitely chose the right day to come.

In just over ten minutes, his livestream audience had exceeded twenty thousand. Previously, he could hardly imagine having 20,000+ viewers; normally having a thousand viewers was already excellent.

Looking at the constant reward effects on his phone, Cui Mengbo worked even harder on his commentary.

"Family, do you see that splash of pink? That’s Candy Technology’s space rocket. As usual, Candy Technology leads the trend. From today on, we can foresee nations launching spacecraft in various colors."

"It’s Jing City time at 14:56. In four minutes, we will see the pink space rocket soar into the sky."

"To everyone who just joined the stream, please give the host a little follow and a heart."

In stark contrast to the lively crowd watching the launch, inside the launch command center, everyone quietly listened to Zero deliver command after command, while watching the countdown on the big screen.

No matter the result of the launch, today will definitely mark Candy Technology’s place in history.

"Prepare for the one-minute countdown."

...

"Ten seconds countdown!"

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6..."

As Zero initiated the ten-second countdown, everyone in the launch command center and radar staff nationwide held their breath, waiting for the word "ignite."

"Ignite!"

At that moment, Zero’s usually cute big eyes were unprecedentedly serious.

What would happen from ignition until the satellite is successfully delivered into orbit was unpredictable, even for Zero. The only thing Zero could do was prepare various contingency plans in advance.

With Zero’s command to "ignite," the rocket engines emitted a light blue flame. When the thrust was sufficient, the long mechanical arms that had been embracing the pink space rocket simultaneously released it.

In the live monitoring footage, the rocket lifted off slowly under the powerful thrust of the boosters, gaining speed progressively.

"Family, it’s flying up!"

Watching the pink rocket take off, Cui Mengbo was so excited he was speechless, as if he had personally designed the accelerating space rocket.

"Optical radar tracking normal."

"Anyang, Jinling telemetry, tracking normal."

"Anyang acknowledges."

...

Watching the rocket pass through clear clouds, make a turn, and disappear from view towards the east, spectators felt reluctant to leave.

Especially the vloggers broadcasting live, watching their viewer count plummet and reading the comments, they felt heartbroken.

In no time, numerous users flooded into the official livestream, and watching the serious command center footage and tracking images, their joy returned.

Twelve minutes and thirty-six seconds after ignition, after reaching the pre-determined orbit, the third-stage boosters separated from the satellite.

During the long wait, the satellite slowly deployed its solar panels.

"Normal deployment of solar panels."

Based on the pre-calculated time, in the second immediately following the full deployment of the solar panels, they received sunlight coming directly at them.

When the ground command center received the signal transmitted back from the satellite, the whole command center erupted.

At 14 minutes and 56 seconds, at this moment, for those inside the launch command center, the launch was considered perfectly successful.

At this moment, all engineers who participated in designing the space rocket were in tears.

The dream that once seemed unreachable was realized today! Achieved in just one year! This is a miracle!

Watching Candy and Zero happily jumping up with joy, and surrounded by applause and cheers, Mo Jingchun remained very calm, yet the smile on his lips revealed his inner joy.

From now on, Candy Technology has its own satellite, a satellite that serves Candy Technology at all times.

Much later, Mo Jingchun smiled at Zero and said, "You can release the prepared announcement, telling everyone that Candy Technology’s rocket launch was successful."

"Hehe, Boss, I released the announcement simultaneously the moment it succeeded."

"Smart as me."

In the rocket launch viewing hall, Su Wenyan felt like something was missing from his shoulder, recalling many thoughts in his mind.

As the head of the entire base, Su Wenyan participated in and witnessed the transformation of the launch site from "mudflats and jungle" to "a landscape of factories."

From base construction to today’s successful space rocket launch, Su Wenyan almost never left Anyang County, supervising day and night the construction of Anyang Base.

Su Wenyan still remembers the scene when he first arrived: "There were no towering launch towers, no spacious and bright offices, only flying dust and endless wild grass and shrubs."

"President Su, the boss wants you to receive the journalists outside."

Looking at the assistant who had been following her for a year, Su Wenyan asked in surprise, "He wants me to receive the press, what about the boss?"

The assistant stammered, "The boss said he and President Xu are waiting for the celebration dinner tonight. Things like dealing with the press are up to you."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Su Wenyan’s mouth twitched.

It really fits the boss’s style of doing things.

"Get ready, press conference in ten minutes."

Meanwhile, Mo Jingchun took Candy and others to occupy Su Wenyan’s office.

"Brother, you mean having a feast tonight, right?"

Mo Jingchun, sipping tea, glared at Candy and said, "It’s a celebration dinner."

"But brother, you said plates and plates of food, isn’t that just a banquet?"

Watching Old Xu sitting aside, amused, Mo Jingchun gave Zero a look, "It’s still early for the meal, you three sisters can play a few rounds of games."

Zero glanced at the rookie player Zhou Yaling and lightly sighed, "Alright."

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